America’s Next Soldiers Will Be Machines
In future wars, U.S. generals want to send robots to face the enemy’s first bullets.
Why Britain’s Lords Are Clashing With Sunak Over Rwanda
The government’s contentious Rwanda policy, which has been championed by the prime minister, has prompted a rebellion in Britain’s unelected second chamber.
EU election needs to bring out the best of Europe — not the worst
David Miliband is the president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee. Any political consultant will tell you that all politics is local. However, this year’s European election will test that proposition. Indeed, there’s plenty of local dissent against governing parties, but from Gaza to Ukraine and migration to food and energy prices, it’s a…
US says no troops to Haiti as country reels from explosion of gang violence
Washington says no despite ‘frantic’ talks between diplomats, as bodies lie in street and army battles gun-toting gang members What led to the Haiti jailbreak – and can democracy be restored? The United States has said it will not send troops to Haiti after a stunning eruption of gang violence seemingly designed to bring down…
Anxious World Leaders Descend on Munich
Doubts on Ukraine and growing alarm about a second Trump term are likely to dominate the agenda.
The World’s Biggest Risks for 2024 Are More Than Trump
A sober assessment is needed in a bleak time.
US presidential hopeful Haley fails to say slavery caused Civil War
The GOP presidential contender later amended her response to a question from an attendee at a campaign event.
Can Mexico alone curb the flow of migrants to the United States?
Every day thousands of people try to cross Mexico’s border to enter the United States.
Biden’s China summit was a reminder: the US should talk to its rivals more often | Christopher S Chivvis
Biden deserves credit for pushing for the meeting despite an often heatedly anti-China political environment in the US Wednesday’s meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping was a lot harder to pull off than the photographs of the two leaders ambling around the gardens of the Filoli mansion outside San Francisco may have made it appear.…
The US can rebuild trust abroad – by declassifying incriminating intelligence | David Adler and Misty Rebik
We just returned from a delegation to Brazil, Chile and Colombia. Each country is still seeking answers about the history of US intervention On the morning of 11 September 1973, the Central Intelligence Agency briefed President Richard Nixon about the Chilean military’s imminent plan to “trigger military action against the Allende government”. By noon, bombs…